With Heating Or Cooling Means Patents (Class 55/434.2)
  • Patent number: 11535383
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (10) for a turbomachine comprising a pipe (12) connected at one end (12a) to means (14) for supplying pressurized air and at one opposite end (12b) to an item of equipment (16) of the turbomachine, the pipe (12) having a bent portion (12c) intended for forming in use a low point of the pipe (12), said bent portion (12c) having a hole (18) for first draining water from the pipe (12), wherein it further comprises an orifice (20) arranged downstream of the drain hole (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Brice Cyril Edwiges, Philippe Robert Jean Goffinon, Arnaud Baudran
  • Patent number: 10807583
    Abstract: An air dryer control method may include a cold mode in which a controller performs a winter season condition control in which air temperature is lowered to freezing temperature if an engine starting is detected, and performs a winter season thawing control in which compressed air introduced into a valve control of an air dryer warms a purge valve of the air dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jong-Chul Chun
  • Patent number: 10386076
    Abstract: A filter unit heat exchanger is provided that may include a housing substantially surrounding a heat exchange assembly. Provided through the housing are one or more tortuous fluid flow paths used to direct airflow therethrough around portions of the heat exchange assembly for efficient operation. The tortuous path(s) may be provided by one or more nozzle openings on an input side of the housing and one or more diffuser openings on an output side of the housing, where the nozzle openings and diffuser openings are offset to cause desired airflow deflection. The filter unit may include desired symmetries to improve manufacturability and/or installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AQUA FILTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Prasser, Terry L. McCabe, Jr., Gregory R. Downey, Michael L. Watz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9726381
    Abstract: A filter unit heat exchanger is provided that may include a housing substantially surrounding a heat exchange assembly. Provided through the housing are one or more tortuous fluid flow paths used to direct airflow therethrough around portions of the heat exchange assembly for efficient operation. The tortuous path(s) may be provided by one or more nozzle openings on an input side of the housing and one or more diffuser openings on an output side of the housing, where the nozzle openings and diffuser openings are offset to cause desired airflow deflection. The filter unit may include desired symmetries to improve manufacturability and/or installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: AQUA FILTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Prasser, Terry L. McCabe, Jr., Gregory R. Downey, Michael L. Watz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9182131
    Abstract: A filter unit heat exchanger is provided that may include a housing substantially surrounding a heat exchange assembly. Provided through the housing are one or more tortuous fluid flow paths used to direct airflow therethrough around portions of the heat exchange assembly for efficient operation. The tortuous path(s) may be provided by one or more nozzle openings on an input side of the housing and one or more diffuser openings on an output side of the housing, where the nozzle openings and diffuser openings are offset to cause desired airflow deflection. The filter unit may include desired symmetries to improve manufacturability and/or installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AQUA FILTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Prasser, Terry L. McCabe, Jr., Gregory R. Downey, Michael L. Watz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8999028
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a flow of gas comprises a spiral path guiding member. The spiral path guiding member comprises at least two groups of guiding plates. Each guiding plate of each group is disposed in an axial direction to form a longitudinal axis. Each group is spaced apart in the longitudinal direction. A surface of each guiding plate is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. At least one guiding plate of each group has a guiding plate opening. Guiding plate openings of the guiding plates may facilitate gas to flow in a spiral flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianping Meng, Bingfu Chen, Licheng Hu
  • Publication number: 20150052861
    Abstract: An oil separator is provided with a housing having an inlet for air, an expansion chamber provided inside the housing, and a heating device for heating the lower part of the expansion chamber. The oil separator introduces, into the housing, air containing oil that has passed through the inlet, and separates and recovers the oil from the air that has been introduced. The transverse cross-sectional area of the expansion chamber is larger than the opening area of the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: NABTESCO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Sugio, Ichiro Minato
  • Patent number: 8945263
    Abstract: A filter unit and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two parallel tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one S-shaped flow path through the housing, and the flow path routes air around a downstream side of a first of the at least two tubes and then around an upstream side of a second of the at least two tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Sikkenga, Robert Prasser
  • Publication number: 20140366499
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chlorine bypass device which can cool exhaust gas quickly by mixing extracted exhaust gas with cooling air at high efficiency, thereby produce fine chloride dust, and increase dust recovery efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Sakaniwa, Junzhu Wang, Hirokazu Shima
  • Publication number: 20140345461
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air. The filter unit includes a housing having upstream and downstream walls and a cavity therebetween. The upstream wall has an entrance opening aligned with a downstream wall portion, and the downstream wall has first and second exit openings aligned with first and second upstream wall portions. A heat exchanger is disposed within the cavity and includes first and second upstream conduits within the entrance opening and first and second downstream conduits within the first and second exit opening. The entrance and exit openings are arranged to define S-shaped air flow paths through the housing between the entrance and exit openings, each of which flows around a downstream side of one of the upstream conduits then around an upstream side of one of the downstream conduits before exiting through one of the exit openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Patent number: 8852307
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Publication number: 20140260993
    Abstract: A multi-phase separation apparatus shapes fluid flow in a flow shaping line preferably shaped to have a plurality of loops with consecutively decreasing diameters. Shaping the two-phase flow drives the heavier, denser fluids to the outside wall of the flow shaping line and allows the lighter, less dense fluids such as gas to occupy the inner wall of the flow shaping line. With the gas positioned on the inner wall, an exit port on the inner wall permits a majority, if not all, of the gas, along with a minimal amount of liquid, to be diverted to a conventional gas-liquid separator at a flow rate much lower than the total flow rate within the flow shaping line. The remaining liquid flow in the flow shaping line is subsequently introduced into an adjustable phase splitter to separate different liquid components from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HAVEN TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: HAVEN TECHNOLOGY
  • Patent number: 8814970
    Abstract: A trapping device that traps a particle in a vacuum atmosphere includes a plurality of grooves arrayed on a surface of the trapping device. Each of the plurality of grooves has a shape that is obtained by replacing a bottom part of a U-groove is replaced with a V-groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masami Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 8795401
    Abstract: Disclosed in a filter for filtering a working fluid comprising a canister having an inlet and an outlet; a first partially perforated generally conical member positioned in said canister; a second generally conical member positioned inside said first partially perforated generally conical member, whereby the working fluid upon entering the inlet is caused to spin inside the canister, to pass through the perforated portion of the first generally conical member, to enter an inlet to the second generally conical member, to spin within the second conical member and to pass through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Assured Performance Group (Holdings) Ltd.
    Inventors: John Edward Charles Gwynn, John McCallum, David Mitchell, Michael Hogg, Maciej Adrian Zyga
  • Patent number: 8747524
    Abstract: A method for separating out molten dust in high temperature gas includes the steps of: passing the high temperature gas carrying molten dust through an adhesive separator, the molten dust adhering to the adhesive separator and separating from the high temperature gas, the molten dust adhering to the inner sidewall flowing downwardly due to the gravity force and discharging; conveying the cleaned high temperature gas into a heat exchanger directly or after heating materials for cooling and discharging; using the heat recycled by the heat exchanger to heat the gas supplied to the adhesive separator; and supplying the gas heated by the heat exchanger into the adhesive separator directly or after further reaction, the heat absorbed from the heat exchanger and the heat generated in the reaction keeping the temperature of the gas flowing out of the adhesive separator higher than the melting point of the dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Zhi-wei Chen
  • Patent number: 8728189
    Abstract: An embodiment of filter unit heat exchanger according to the present invention provides improved operability and manufacturability. Such device may include a housing substantially surrounding a heat exchange assembly. Provided through the housing are one or more tortuous fluid flow paths used to direct airflow therethrough around portions of the heat exchange assembly for efficient operation. The tortuous path(s) may be provided by one or more nozzle apertures on an input side of the housing and one or more diffuser apertures on an output side of the housing, where the nozzle apertures and diffuser apertures are offset to cause desired airflow deflection. The filter unit may include desired symmetries so as to improve manufacturability and/or installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Thermo Recovery Filters, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert H. Prasser
  • Patent number: 8721771
    Abstract: An exhaust gas plume mitigation process and system includes either mixing secondary heat into a moisture rich exhaust gas stream, or diverting a moisture rich exhaust gas stream into a primary exhaust stack having hot exhaust gases flowing therethrough. Moisture rich exhaust gas from a liquid concentrator may be diverted into a high temperature exhaust stack of an engine, a generator, or a flare. The high temperature exhaust gases from the engine, the generator, or the flare raise the temperature of the moisture rich exhaust gas from the concentrator. The high temperature exhaust gases from the engine, the generator, or the flare are also lower in moisture content, so that the moisture rich exhaust gas from the concentrator is diluted by the drier high temperature exhaust gas. As a result, the mixed gas is less likely to develop a moisture plume upon exit to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Heartland Technology Partners LLC
    Inventors: Bernard F. Duesel, Jr., Michael J. Rutsch, Craig Clerkin
  • Patent number: 8657926
    Abstract: A device for condensing water includes a container with a plurality of openings and a heat transfer zone arranged in an interior of the container. The heat transfer zone includes a bulk material layer and/or a fiber layer and/or a textile layer and/or a grid layer and/or a lattice layer and/or a perforated plate. The interior of the container is subdivided by the heat transfer zone into a first zone and a second zone. Further, the heat transfer zone has at least in sections an open porosity and/or channels through which process gas can flow from the first zone to the second zone and through which a further process gas in the form of cooling gas can flow in a reverse direction. A permeable region of the heat transfer zone partially includes materials which have a thermal conductivity of more than 20 W(mK)?1 in a temperature range up to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Mielke, Klaus Strätz
  • Patent number: 8657911
    Abstract: A moisture separator/heater, including a cylindrical main shell, a moisture separator that removes moisture in steam to be heated that flows in through the bottom of the main shell, a heater disposed above the moisture separator in the main shell, and restricting members disposed in a heating space to sandwich a tube bundle side plate with an outer rail to restrict rounded-back deformation thereof and satisfy an expression of 0.2?L1/L and L2/L?0.4, L represents total length of a straight tube portion, L1 represents distance from one of the pad members closest to a steam heating header to an end of the straight tube portion on the side where the steam heating header is present, and L2 represents distance from one of the pad members closest to a curved tube portion to an end of the straight tube portion on the side where the curved tube portion is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sumio Kurita, Koichi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20140027097
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly is provided which may be modularly constructed for inline or off engine installation. A water extraction device is also provided which may be used independently or with the heat exchanger to remove water from a fluid flowpath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ian Alexandre Araujo De Barros, Michael Ralph Storage
  • Publication number: 20140024873
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for processes including a coke catcher that may be emptied during normal operation or steam standby, thereby overcoming the deficiencies in the prior design as discussed above, the coke catchers and process flows disclosed herein protecting the secondary transfer line exchanger from foulant while not limiting the time between heater cold shutdowns. The designs consider the impact of decoking options, such as when decoking to a firebox as opposed to a decoking drum. Further, flow and cost considerations are addressed in various embodiments; for example, decoke valves are fairly expensive, and process flows disclosed herein may provide for relocation of the decoke valve to facilitate coke catcher operations while not adding an expensive valve to the overall operating flow scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Stephen De Haan, Peter Kin-Lee Tam
  • Publication number: 20130269301
    Abstract: A separator for separating solid particles from a vapour-gas mixture includes a dust chamber with a main body having an inlet for a vapour-gas mixture containing semi-coke particles and an outlet chute in a bottom of the main body for removal of semi-coke particles. The main body is covered with an external insulation. The separator also includes a cyclone, wherein an upper part of the main body is connected to an inlet of the cyclone for removal of fine semi-coke particles from the vapour-gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: ENEFIT OUTOTEC TECHNOLOGY OUE
    Inventors: Michael Stroeder, Christopher Wendtland, Bernd Roos, Aleksandr Kaidalov, Kirill Kaidalov
  • Patent number: 8512452
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-trap device (1) comprising an enclosure (2) with at least one inlet (3), at least one outlet (5) at least one heating means (7) and at least one collector means (10) for the conversion of reaction by-products into products, wherein the collector means is arranged within the enclosure between the inlet and the outlet has a diameter that substantially matches the diameter of the enclosure and has at least one opening (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Tel Solar AG
    Inventors: Tobias Fischer, Stefan Schneider, Hagen Göttlich, Kavreet Bhangu, Benjamin Vogler, Christoph Widmeier, Arno Zindel
  • Patent number: 8511072
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream can include a wall, a mixed gas stream passageway, and a liquid collection assembly. The wall can include a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of capillary condensation pores. The capillary condensation pores extend through the wall, and have a first opening on the first surface of the wall, and a second opening on the second surface of the wall. The pore size of the pores can be between about 2 nm to about 100 nm. The mixed gas stream passageway can be in fluid communication with the first opening. The liquid collection assembly can collect liquid from the plurality of pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Roddie R. Judkins, Brian L. Bischoff, Melanie Moses Debusk, Chaitanya Narula
  • Patent number: 8506762
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: David F. Bednarek, Jason A. Demers, Timothy P. Duggan, James L. Jackson, Scott A. Leonard, David W. McGill, Kingston Owens
  • Patent number: 8491706
    Abstract: An apparatus for recovery of solids from a vapor, the apparatus including: a vessel comprising a cylindrical portion on top of an angled portion; a vapor inlet located in the cylindrical portion for introducing a solid-vapor mixture tangentially to the cylindrical portion; at least one inlet nozzle disposed in a top of the vessel for spraying a hydrocarbon fluid into the vessel; an indirect heat exchange device disposed concentrically within the cylindrical portion, thereby providing an annulus for vapor and hydrocarbon flow; a heat exchange device disposed at an exterior of the angled portion; an outlet located at a bottom of the angled portion to recover the vapor having a reduced solids content and a solid-hydrocarbon mixture. Also disclosed are processes to clean an oil vapor using such an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: M-1 L.L.C.
    Inventor: Richard Bingham
  • Publication number: 20130145732
    Abstract: Disclosed in a filter for filtering a working fluid comprising a canister having an inlet and an outlet; a first partially perforated generally conical member positioned in said canister; a second generally conical member positioned inside said first partially perforated generally conical member, whereby the working fluid upon entering the inlet is caused to spin inside the canister, to pass through the perforated portion of the first generally conical member, to enter an inlet to the second generally conical member, to spin within the second conical member and to pass through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: John Edward Charles Gwynn, John McCallum, David Mitchell, Michael Hogg, Maciej Adrian Zyga
  • Patent number: 8454716
    Abstract: A particle separating structure for use with a turbine engine. The particle separating structure includes a main housing, first swirling structure, and second swirling structure. The first swirling structure is provided for swirling cooling fluid passing through a first cooling fluid flowpath defined in the main housing. The second swirling structure is provided for swirling cooling fluid passing through a second cooling fluid flowpath defined in the main housing. The first swirling structure is positionable in at least two positions, a first position allowing cooling fluid to pass through the first cooling fluid flowpath and a second position allowing cooling fluid to pass through the first and second cooling fluid flowpaths. The swirling of the cooling fluid causes particles in the cooling fluid to pass to a particle discharge zone while the cooling fluid passes out of the main housing through a cooling fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick M. Sedillo
  • Publication number: 20120297742
    Abstract: A cyclonic fluid separator has a tubular housing (10) in which the fluid is accelerated and swirl imparting means (2) for inducing the fluid to swirl through an annular space between the housing and a central body (1) mounted within the housing (10), wherein a low pressure fluid (80) is injected through a central opening (82) in the central body (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: TWISTER B.V.
    Inventors: Marco BETTING, Max ROBERT ANTHONY TER HAAR, Frederik ALBERT LAMMERS, Cornelis ANTONIE TJEENK WILLINK
  • Publication number: 20120255266
    Abstract: An inertial filter may allow longer cleaning intervals as compared to conventional filters. The inertial filter may be used with devices such as ozone converters or heat exchangers in aircraft applications. The inertial filter may be a louvered inertial filter adapted to change the direction of a large portion of inlet air, forcing this large portion through louvers as clean outlet air. A small portion of air is permitted to continue in its original direction, carrying with it dust and particles. The small portion of air may be up to about 10 percent of the total air flow through the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: KADER FELLAGUE
  • Publication number: 20120247075
    Abstract: A dust collecting structure for an air-cooling electric apparatus includes a plurality of first vortex generating members which are disposed at a predetermined interval in a case and form a plurality of suction inlets; and a plurality of second vortex generating members which are disposed in an inner direction of the case and are spaced a predetermined distance apart from the suction inlets, wherein each of the first vortex generating members projects inside the case and has a shape that allows the air, which is sucked through the suction inlets by a suction fan, to generate a vortex near a rear end of the first vortex generating member, and wherein each of the second vortex generating members has a shape that divides the air into air streams and allows the air streams to generate a vortex near a rear end of the second vortex generating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-hyun PARK, Jeong-ho NHO
  • Publication number: 20120240563
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream can include a wall, a mixed gas stream passageway, and a liquid collection assembly. The wall can include a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of capillary condensation pores. The capillary condensation pores extend through the wall, and have a first opening on the first surface of the wall, and a second opening on the second surface of the wall. The pore size of the pores can be between about 2 nm to about 100 nm. The mixed gas stream passageway can be in fluid communication with the first opening. The liquid collection assembly can collect liquid from the plurality of pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Roddie R. Judkins, Brian L. Bischoff, Melanie Moses Debusk, Chaitanya Kumar Narula
  • Patent number: 8226743
    Abstract: The invention relates to fluid separator comprising:—a throat portion (4) which is arranged between a converging fluid inlet section and a diverging fluid outlet section, the diverging fluid outlet section comprising an inner primary outlet (7) for condensables depleted fluid components and an outer secondary outlet for condensables enriched fluid components (6); and—a central body (10) provided upstream of the throat portion (4) in the fluid inlet section, the central body (10) being arranged substantially coaxial to a central axis I of the fluid separator. The fluid separator is arranged to facilitate a main flow through the converging fluid inlet section, the throat portion towards the diverging fluid outlet section. The central body (10) comprises an outlet (13), directed towards the tubular throat portion (4) and is arranged to add a central flow towards the throat portion (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Twister, B.V.
    Inventors: Marco Betting, Cornelis Antonie Tjeenk Willink, Bart Prast, Zvonimir Opic
  • Publication number: 20120023944
    Abstract: A device for phase separating a multi-phase fluid flow has a housing configured substantially rotationally symmetrically about a center axis and encloses a hollow space, at least one in-feed line for the fluid flow configured for inflow of the fluid flow directed substantially tangentially to an interior of the housing, and at least one outlet line for the separated gaseous portion of the fluid flow. The device heats the gaseous portion of the fluid flow, such as steam, and requires little material and space. To this end, heating elements configured for heating the gaseous portion are disposed in the hollow space in an annular chamber placed concentrically about the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: AREVA NP GMBH
    Inventor: Barnaby Bruce
  • Patent number: 8103156
    Abstract: A feed gas conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Gaumer Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack L. McClanahan, Craig S. Tiras
  • Patent number: 8047162
    Abstract: A system and method for quickly cooling and de-pressurizing a boiler arrangement in the event of a plant power loss, a.k.a. a black plant condition. A steam discharge system injects steam from the steam/water circuit into the furnace, thereby both cooling components of the boiler arrangement and reducing pressure in the steam/water circuit. This reduces or eliminates the additional cost associated with providing extra capacity in a steam drum and/or an independently powered boiler water pump. The system and method is particularly useful for quickly cooling the U-beams of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler during a black plant condition. In application to boiler arrangements with a selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system employing steam as a carrier for a NOx reducing agent, the steam discharge system advantageously uses the discharge nozzles of the SNCR system to inject the steam into the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikhail Maryamchik, Michael J. Szmania, David J. Walker, Donald L. Wietzke
  • Publication number: 20110252968
    Abstract: A proactive steam and mist removal apparatus is employed along a point of application of a rewet or steam shower system to remove excess steam and water droplets to prevent damage to machinery and products. The apparatus includes an internal chamber equipped with cooled baffles that promote condensation and a condensate collection mechanism. A vacuum source draws a stream of ambient steam and water droplets from the environment along a path into the chamber and a projected gas stream directs the stream into the chamber wherein at least a portion of the ambient steam condenses into condensate. The remaining portion of ambient steam is separated into water and cold air that is recycled as the projected gas. Steam and moisture that escape capture into the internal chamber are heated by a hot air blower that raises their relatively humidity so that the dried air dissipates harmlessly into the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventor: Tuomo Tapio M?kinen
  • Publication number: 20110252969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-trap device (1) comprising an enclosure (2) with at least one inlet (3), at least one outlet (5) at least one heating means (7) and at least one collector means (10) for the conversion of reaction by-products into products, wherein the collector means is arranged within the enclosure between the inlet and the outlet has a diameter that substantially matches the diameter of the enclosure and has at least one opening (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: OERLIKON SOLAR AG, TRUBBACH
    Inventors: Tobias Fischer, Stefan Schneider, Hagen Gottlich, Kavreet Bhangu, Benjamin Vogler, Christoph Widmeier, Arno Zindel
  • Patent number: 8034143
    Abstract: A cyclone includes a cylindrical housing and has an inner diameter D. An inlet is near a first end of the housing. A deflection member can be positioned within the first end or the second end of the housing, depending on whether the cyclone is uniflow or reverse flow. An outlet tube is positioned within and extends from a second end or the first end of the housing (depending on whether uniflow or reverse flow). A bunker is formed between the outlet tube and an inner wall of the housing in a uniflow design and between the deflection member and the housing in a reverse flow design, and collects particles separated from an inlet gas stream. A gap between the deflection member and the outlet tube has a length in the range of approximately 0.4*D to 0.8*D. The length of the bunker is approximately greater than or equal to 1.5*D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Zhongchao Tan, Zhimin Yu
  • Patent number: 8012245
    Abstract: A method and device for the reduction of particulate forming vapors in gases, the method comprising passing the gas stream through at least one channel (12) that has a wall temperature that is lower than the condensation temperature of the vapor, the at least one channel having a hydraulic diameter (Dh) satisfying the condition that Dh<[24/(N?do)]1/2, where N is the number of nuclei present in the gas stream and do is the initial diameter of the nuclei.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
    Inventors: Jozef Johannes Hubertus Brouwers, Henricus Petrus van Kemenade, Ingwald Obernberger, Thomas Brunner
  • Publication number: 20110197770
    Abstract: There is provided an air purifier having a dehumidification function, including: a body case having an inner space; a blower part installed in the inner space of the body case and drawing outside air from both sides of the body case through a single blower fan; an air purifying part purifying air drawn from one side of the body case; and a dehumidifying part removing moisture from air drawn from the other side of the body case by a dehumidifying rotor. Through the blower part drawing the air from both sides of the body case, the air purifier purifies the air drawn from one side of the body case and dehumidifies the air drawn from the other side of the body case. Accordingly, a drop in an airflow amount caused by concurrently performing the dehumidification and the purification may be alleviated, so improved dehumidification and purification effects are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: WOONGJIN COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Jin Yun, Byung-Kil Park
  • Patent number: 7993426
    Abstract: In a moisture separator, a manifold that communicates with a steam inlet is disposed in a shell. A plurality of blowout outlets for steam is provided on a side of the manifold. A first support plate and a lower support frame are fixed to a lower part in the shell to compart a steam drift space and a drain path. A moisture separating element is provided corresponding to the manifold, and steam from which moisture is removed by the moisture separating element is heated by a group of heating tubes to flow as high-temperature reheat steam to the steam outlet. The moisture is led from the drain opening through the drain path to the drain outlet. A blocking plate blocks a part of the drain opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Issaku Fujita, Nobuki Uda, Jiro Kasahara
  • Patent number: 7988755
    Abstract: Provided is a byproduct collecting apparatus for efficiently collecting reaction-byproducts contained in an exhaust gas exhausted from a process chamber during a semiconductor manufacturing process. The apparatus includes a housing and a trap module. The housing has a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port. The trap module is installed inside the housing and has first plates curved or inclined to guide an exhaust gas flow in a curved fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Milaebo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-Hoo Cho, Jung-Eui Hong, Tae-Woo Kim, In-Mun Hwang
  • Patent number: 7909922
    Abstract: A dehumidifier is provided. A dehumidifier includes a cabinet defining an outer appearance, a barrier installed in the cabinet to collect condensed water removed from air, a bucket assembly for storing the condensed water directed from the barrier, and a condensed water detecting unit for detecting an amount or level of the condensed water stored in the bucket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Duck-Yong Jang, Chi-Wao Kim
  • Patent number: 7867312
    Abstract: A trap device (18) for removing species from a gas stream drawn from an enclosure by a vacuum pump is described, the device (18) comprising a casing having an inlet (16) for receiving the gas stream, an outlet (20) for exhausting the gas stream from the casing, and first and second chambers (136, 138) each for receiving the gas stream from the inlet and conveying the gas stream to the outlet; means (170, 174) for selectively diverting the gas stream from the inlet to a selected one of the chambers; a first plurality of cartridges (32) each being removably insertable into the casing to provide a plurality of flow passages for gas passing through the first chamber; and a second plurality of cartridges (132) each being removably insertable into the casing to provide a plurality of flow passages for gas passing through the second chamber, each flow passage extending between an inlet and an outlet of a respective cartridge, each cartridge housing means for removing species from the gas passing therethrough as soli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: David Engerran
  • Patent number: 7837770
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently collecting reaction by-products in exhaust gases of a semiconductor processing or flat panel display processing device is provided. The collection apparatus includes a heating section connected to a process chamber of the semiconductor processing or flat panel display processing device. The heating section is designed to preheat the reaction by-products to prevent or reduce liquefaction of the reaction by-products. A by-product pile up section then rapidly cools the heated reaction by-products to convert the same into a solid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventors: Ang-Goo Lee, Kwang-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 7811343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating liquid droplets from a gas stream. The method includes the steps of conditioning the gas stream which contains the droplets so that the gas stream exhibits substantially turbulent flow, passing the gas stream generally axially through a flowpath so that the gas stream is in communication with a collector surface, collecting the droplets on the collector surface, and draining the collector surface to remove the collected droplets from the collector surface. The apparatus includes a flowpath, a collector surface for collecting the droplets, a flow conditioner for conditioning the gas stream, and a drainage mechanism for draining the collected droplets from the collector surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Alberta Research Council, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Toma
  • Publication number: 20100147021
    Abstract: The invention relates to fluid separator comprising: —a throat portion (4) which is arranged between a converging fluid inlet section and a diverging fluid outlet section, the diverging fluid outlet section comprising an inner primary outlet (7) for condensables depleted fluid components and an outer secondary outlet for condensables enriched fluid components (6); and —a central body (10) provided upstream of the throat portion (4) in the fluid inlet section, the central body (10) being arranged substantially coaxial to a central axis I of the fluid separator. The fluid separator is arranged to facilitate a main flow through the converging fluid inlet section, the throat portion towards the diverging fluid outlet section. The central body (10) comprises an outlet (13), directed towards the tubular throat portion (4) and is arranged to add a central flow towards the throat portion (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: TWISTER B.V.
    Inventors: Marco Betting, Cornelis Antonie Tjeenk Willink, Bart Prast, Zvonimir Opic
  • Patent number: 7727296
    Abstract: A collecting unit is disposed on an exhaust passage of a semiconductor processing apparatus to collect by-products contained in an exhaust gas. The collecting unit includes a trap body detachably disposed inside a casing and configured to collect a part of the by-products. The trap body includes fins arrayed in a flow direction of the exhaust gas and having a surface on which a part of the by-products is deposited and trapped. The collecting unit further includes a receiving mechanism disposed inside the casing and configured to receive a part of the by-products that peels off from the trap body or an inner surface of the casing to prevent this part from being deposited on a bottom of the casing. The receiving mechanism is configured to allow a part of the by-products held thereon to be in contact with a cleaning gas from above and from below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yukio Tojo, Naotaka Noro, Yoshiyuki Fujita, Yuji Ito
  • Patent number: 7604676
    Abstract: An inertial impactor that uses gas stream flow rate to separate oil particles in internal combustion engine crankcase emissions. The inertial impactor is particularly adapted for use in closed crankcase ventilation systems. The oil particles have a particle size of from about 0.3 ?m to about 0.7 ?m. Elimination of the oil particles in the crankcase emission gas stream results in cleaner intake air to the turbocharger air intake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory David Braziunas